chanzun

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) canzun
• (Sutsilvan) canzùn
• (Surmiran) canzung

Etymology

From Latin cantiō, cantiōnem (“song, singing”), from cantus (“sung”), perfect passive participle of canō, canere (“sing”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Noun

chanzun m (plural chanzuns)

1. (music, Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) song